Honor Killings Free Essay, Term Paper and Book Report
In April 1999, Samia Imran, a young married woman was shot in the office of a lawyer helping her to seek a divorce which her family could never countenance. Samia, 28, arrived at the Lahore law offices of Hina Jilani and Asma Jahangir, who are sisters, on April 6. She had engaged Jilani a few days earlier, because she wanted a divorce from her violent husband. Samia settled on a chair across the desk from the lawyer. Sultana, Samia's mother, entered five minutes later with a male companion. Samia half-rose in greet her mother. The man, Habib-ur-Rhemna, grabbed Samia and put a pistol to her head. The first bullet entered near Samia's eye and she fell. "There was no scream. There was dead silence. I don't even think she knew what was happening," Jilani said. The killer stood over Samia's body, and fired again. Jilani reached for the alarm button as the gunman and Sultana left. "She never even bothered to look whether the girl was dead." The aftermath of the murder was equally revealing. Members of Pakistan's upper house demanded punishment for the two women lawyers and none of Pakista......
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